World War Against Radical Islam

Coalition Strikes Continue Against ISIS Targets in Syria, Iraq

An airman operates a
boom to provide fuel to Air Force F-22 Raptors during an aerial refueling
mission over Iraq, July 6, 2018, in support of Operation Inherent
Resolve. The boom operator is assigned to the 28th Expeditionary Air
Refueling Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith James(Click
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Operation Roundup, which began May 1 to accelerate the defeat of ISIS in
the Middle Euphrates River Valley and Iraqi-Syrian border region, has
continued to gain ground and remove terrorists from the battlefield through
offensive operations coupled with precision coalition strike support.

The coalition and its partner forces operations are exerting pressure on
ISIS senior leaders and associates, as well as degrading, disrupting and
dismantling ISIS organizational structures throughout Iraq and Syria.

Operation Roundup will continue to target ISIS remnants as the coalition
remains committed to the lasting defeat of ISIS to increase peace and
stability in the region, and to protect coalition homelands from ISIS's
terrorist threat, officials said.

Between July 9-15, coalition military forces conducted 14 strikes,
consisting of 16 engagements, in Iraq and Syria:

Strikes in Syria

There were no reported strikes conducted July 14-15 in Syria.

On July 13, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of
two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes engaged an
ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS vehicle, an ISIS fighting position
and an ISIS logistics hub.

On July 12, coalition military forces conducted four strikes consisting of
four engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes engaged an
ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS logistics hub, an ISIS fighting
position, an ISIS supply route and two ISIS-held buildings.

On July 11, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of
two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes destroyed
two ISIS supply routes.

On July 10, coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of one
engagement against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strike engaged an ISIS
tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS vehicle.

On July 9, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of
two engagements against ISIS targets near Abu Kamal. The strikes engaged an
ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS logistics hub and two ISIS fighting
positions.

Strikes in Iraq

There were no reported strikes conducted July 10-15 in Iraq.

On July 9, coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of
three engagements against ISIS targets near Diyala. The strike engaged an
ISIS tactical unit and destroyed two ISIS motorcycles, an ISIS-held building,
an ISIS vehicle and an ISIS supply cache.

Part of Operation
Inherent Resolve

These strikes were conducted as part of Operation
Inherent Resolve, the operation to destroy ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The
destruction of ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria also further limits the group's
ability to project terror and conduct external operations throughout the
region and the rest of the world, task force officials said.

A strike, as defined by the coalition, refers to one or more kinetic
engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a
single or cumulative effect.

For example, task force officials explained, a single aircraft delivering
a single weapon against a lone ISIS vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple
aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of ISIS-held buildings
and weapon systems in a compound, having the cumulative effect of making that
facility harder or impossible to use. Strike assessments are based on initial
reports and may be refined, officials said.

The
task force does not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a
strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of
individual munition impact points against a target.

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Inherent Resolve. The boom operator is assigned to the 28th Expeditionary
Air Refueling Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Keith James
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